Month: June 2017

It’s Never Too Late

“It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.

When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.

The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.

Its never too late to take a moment to look.”

― Sharon Salzberg

         It’s never too late to make a change in your life. It’s never too late to change the channel from a rerun to a new show. It’s never too late to break free from the chains of your past. For at any moment, you have the ability to wake up, change your perspective, and decide that this isn’t how your story will end.

Leave Your Comfort Zone

“Step out of your comfort zone. Comfort zones, where your unrealized dreams are buried, are the enemies of achievement. Leadership begins when you step outside your comfort zone.”

― Roy T. Bennett

         Life is about taking chances and trying new things. It isn’t about playing it safe and staying in your comfort zone. For you will never know what you’re capable of or the mountains you can climb until you challenge yourself to lose sight of the shore.

Be Giving

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”

― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

         Life is truly about what you give, not what you get. It’s about building relationships and sharing love with those around us. It’s about helping others without expecting anything in return. Most importantly, it’s about learning that some of your happiest moments stem from unselfishly giving of yourself in service of others.

The Long Road

“There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.”

– Josiah Gilbert Holland

           Nothing that’s worth anything in this life comes easy or happens overnight. We’ve all heard that saying so many times that I think we forget how true those words are. We so often look for change to happen quickly or tomorrow, but that isn’t reality. Reality is that the really important things in life you must work hard for, you must nurture, and let it grow over time into the rose garden you’ve dreamed about. So, at the end of the day, work hard, be patient, and most importantly stay true to your path because it will truly be worth it in the end.

Take Responsibility

“Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed.”

― Rodolfo Costa

           You and you alone are in charge of your happiness. It is not the responsibility of other people or external things to make you happy. No, you must take ownership of your life, including the good and not so good. For true happiness and contentment can only come from within.

Define Who You Are

“Each of our lives is a separate and precious journey. No matter how happy, sad, painful, tragic or confusing it may by, it is unique and beautiful. No matter if we hurt others or if we ourselves were hurt, it happened and it is part of our story.

If we think we can have complete control over this journey, our journey will wake us up… usually with a very unpleasant surprise.

More than genetics, money or education, it is our journey who defines who we are. It defines what kind of person you are. Not the experiences you encountered nor the happy or traumatic events you may have endured. But rather how we dealt with those events and how we continue to deal with those events; when we evaluate ourselves and how we treat others.

Your journey is part of your story. But it is not the complete story of who and how you are. You are a soul, a spirit, who has traveled through this life and along the way; you learned and gathered bits and pieces from here and there. And you, yourself, have woven together a soul, a spirit. And that is who you are today. You define… you.

Oh, and just in case you thought your journey, your story was over… surprise, its not. So keep weaving. You are not finished yet. It is never to late to define who you are.”

― José N. Harris

          As you grow and evolve throughout life, you will find yourself redefining who you are along the way. You will find your priorities and what drives you changing. So, embrace the fact that your story is ever changing and at any point you can change the narrative.

Your Mindset

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”

― Muhammad Ali

          The word impossible should be eliminated from your vocabulary. For impossible is merely a self-defeating mindset that does nothing but impede your ability to progress and grow in life. You must instead embrace the notion that your life is full of limitless possibilities where you have but to dream it to make it a reality.

Shift Your Focus

“You are here, alive and awake and for whatever reasons you have fought your battles, it’s time to start focusing on what strengths pulled you up when the entire world had knocked you down. That’s where the virtue in self grows.”

― Nikki Rowe

           Instead of focusing on all the bad things that happened to you, choose to focus instead on the fact that you survived your storms and managed to put the pieces back together. Reflect on the lessons you’ve learned and the strengths that pulled you through. For this is how you continue to grow and better equip yourself to handle whatever life throws at you next.

Action

“No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time – in fact, the only time – to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.”

― Guy Finley

           Don’t wait until tomorrow to make changes in your life. The right time is now. For when you put things off, you’re more likely to find an excuse not to do it. So stop thinking so much and start acting.

Manifest It

“I believe that you’re great, that there’s something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life, regardless of how young or how old you think you might be, the moment you begin to think properly, there’s something that is within you, there’s power within you, that’s greater than the world. It will begin to emerge. It will take over your life. It will feed you. It will clothe you. It will guide you, protect you, direct you, sustain your very existence, if you let it. Now, that is what I know for sure.”

― Michael Beckwith

           When you believe in yourself, there is no obstacle you cannot overcome or any mountain too high to climb. The key is you must see that strength and greatness within yourself. You must believe that you are capable of achieving anything in this life. For once you believe it, you will start to see that power manifest itself in all aspects of your life.